Painting of The Month - Checking For Sharks

Here we have a Ralph, he loves swimming in sea, eating salted caramel ice cream and he adores Fritz and Rusty, his furry friends.

He is not particularly fond of liquorice, black cats or noisy motor bikes. And strangely enough, he is quite frightful of star fish, seaweed and sharks.

Unfortunately, Ralph finds himself in a quandary. 

Each weekend, he heads out to the North Cornish coast and spends hours and hours and hours trying to decide whether to venture into the sea or not.

Ralph has found a novel way to test the water... seeing that Fritz, his trusted dachshund hound LOVES swimming, he likes CHECKING FOR SHARKS by throwing him into the sea, as suspicious Rusty watches nervously.

( please be aware, no animals were harmed during the main of this painting... Fritz and Rusty are just fine )

Painting of the Month - Family Fun in Fowey

This is the Morris-Forbes family... 

they love Fowey, they love life, love Brody their dog and they love each other. 

This is just another day in Fabulous Fowey, the sun is shining, the river is teaming with fish, the boats are out and everyone is enjoying themselves. 

Each family member enjoy doing different things : we have the sailors, the fishermen, the swimmers, the athletes, the one who is on lookout and the ones that are there to RELAX (note the bottle of wine).

This is what good old fashioned family fun is all about ! 

Painting of the Month - Hole in One... or two... or

This is Philip, he is retired policeman.
He has a lovely wife, 2 daughters, drive a jaguar XJ8, has 2 cats - Daisy and Rose and loves his brother in law, Mike. His hobbies include: coastal trail running, paintings love hearts and tinkering about in his allotment.
Life is pretty sweet for Philip, except for one teeny weeny little thing... golf. Yes, golf is his passion, if he could, he would be on the course everyday. 
He likes to play on his own, as he feels more relaxed AND because he is not a good golfer. 
He slices the ball, hooks the ball, misses the ball, gets stuck in the bunker, cannot chip the ball and cannot putt. 
However, one thing we can say about Philip, he has perseverance, he never gives up! 
Just before attempting his next shot, he will often say to himself...
"Stop saying I wish, Start saying I WILL!"

Painting of the Month - Take It Easy

Ralph is 45 years old, he is happily married to Geraldine, they have a son called Mitchell, some chickens - Daisy and Peaches , he listens to talk back radio and he works really hard all week. He builds bespoke swimming pools. 

He wakes at 5am, starts at 6am and finishes at 5pm, it is a very long day. During the summer months, when pools are in high demand, he is asked to work 7 days a week.

When he has the occasional day off, he doesn't tell the family, he grabs his favourite yellow swim suit, his pink lie low, a copy of November 1975 Squash Monthly and off he goes.

As he approaches the Great Bear Lake he reminds himself to "Take It Easy", as these times are JUST so precious... ahhhhhhhhhh finally some peace !

he has a large selection of superb, colourful speedos

what is with the big feet ?

Sculpture of the Month - Encore, Encore !

It is Saturday afternoon and Bernard is playing in the local hospice in his village. 

He plays the usual classics - Bach's Chaconne, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9, but he always likes to finish with a fun number, "All You Need Is Love" by the Beatles. 

That always gets everyone tapping their feet and singing along, the folks enjoy his finale the best.

One of Bernard's greatest fan is Beryl, and when she attends, he is sure to get a standing ovation and roses through at his feet... You will often hear Beryl call out " Encore Bernard, Encore ! ".

Painting of the Month - Just You and Me

This is Dean and Alessia, and they are in love. 

They love eating juicy mangoes, playing scrabble, their pet parrot Felix, and in particular... Sun, Sea and Sand!

Each weekend they hop into their beat up old car and escape to their secret destination. 

They then swim out to their idyllic island, it is so far away from anywhere... no one else is ever there ! 

And when they reach the beach, they lie on the warm sand and say aloud "Just you and me".

Just Dean and Alessia

Painting of the Month - Don't Look Down

Derrick is your average 20 something. He is a landscape gardener, he has a girlfriend called Becky, he loves his parents, he enjoys racing his fiber glass laser on Saturday afternoons and he adores his dog Sam. 

Derrick has also recently discovered a new love... Funambulism! The art of walking along a thin wire or rope, you will know it as Tightrope Walking! 

His family and friends are a little perplexed, as he is quite afraid of heights, so he will often say to himself "Don't Look Down! Don't Look Down! Don't Look Down!"